Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-10


provoke an aniagonism between the church
and the mighty industrial power that is now
making itself felt throughout this land Of
ours, and Leo XIII has shown that he i.
neither rash nor IliiberNl
He then quotes letter written by Cardinal
Manning to all American Roman Catholic
bishop, IN which the former takes strong
ground in support of Cardinal Gibbons re-
port, AMI says: "Hitherto the world has been
governed iy dynastes; henceforth the holy
see will have To deal with the people, and it
has bishops in close daily contact with the
people The more clearly and fully this is
perceived, the stronger Rome will be p"
letter from Cardinal Gibbons to Mr..
| Powlerly is then recilei dated September
q last, in which the cardinal acknowledge
the receipt Of information that the Knights
assembly would meet A. Minneapolis October
| D, AMI refers TO bis advocacy OF the cause oil
the Knights while abs>nt in Rome He then
hopes that good coliis, is will prevail in the
assembly, and in thu way of friendly advice
| offers the following reflections:
| 1T is self-evident Iuat there should be nc
conflict between capital and labor, siuce both
are neres ary for the common veal, and one
| cannot sHisiat without the other; and there
which do not provide for the protection OF
both. Experience has proved that strikes
are questionable remedy for the redress OF
| your grievances. They paralyze industry
they often foment fierce passions and lead to
the destruction of property; and, above all,
they result in INJECTING serious injury on the
laboreI himsslf by keeping him in enforced
| idieness, during which his mind is clouded by
| discontent while brooing over his situation,
and his family not uufrequentiy suffers from
the want of even the necessarieS of life.
Strikes therefore, should he rarely, if ever
reSorted to-
"Boycottng, as far as l understand its
methods, infrnges on the just rights of 9th
erS and will therefore never meet with ap
proval from an ohser, ing public Remem
ber that the ewes of your countrymen are
upon you, and that they will watch your
proceeding with the deepest interest.
"As law-a abiding and industrious body
seeking by all honorable means to improve
your condition. y0n owe it TO yourselves and
10 the cool name of vnur order To sci yonr
face against Anarchists, Nhilists and other
dangerous associations, which are guilty of the
base mgratitlde of attempting to undermine
the government that protects them, and the
temple oi the constitution that shelters them
Do not permit yonr reputation to be tainted
by any morbid sympathy for men " no have
no substantial grievance to redress, and who
strive to make their cause respectable by oh
tanning the connivance if not the sanction of
your powerful organization. But, for INV
part, have no fear that they will succeed in
InluSing the heaven of their poison into the
ranks of honest sons of toll
The cardinal closed with a PRAYER that
''yonr deliberations may De marked by
wisdom and discretion aud spirit of true
patriotism which, while seeking to advance
your temporal interests, will merit the ap-
prevail of heaven as well as of your fellow
citizens and Mr.. Powderly adds: There is
no reason to fear that the order as an organi-
cation will faIsity the good character given ii
by the American prince of the church Our
organization is entirely free from the ele-
ments of sectarian, religious or irreligiuus
discussion, and its fundamentals are of a
kind to guard it against disturbing Influences
outside OF the sphere to which it was ere
ated
Saturdays session of the Knights assembly
was largely taken up with the reading of a
report on the Standard oil monopoly. which
was denounced without stint and an appeal
made for help in fighting the SAME for the K
of l. Cooperative Oil Refining company.
The report was received with enthusiasm.
Committees Of five each we're then appointed
on labor journal aud immigration and the
report on the conspiracy laws was read and
gave rise to an excited debate, in
which 1t was SAID, referring to the alb
sorption of tina B n o telegraph company
by the Western Union that Jay Gould had
grown powerful that he would stop at
nothing. committee was appointed to
consider this last deal of the Wall street
king, who was bitterly denounced, there be-
ing times when halt of tine delegates were 90
their feet and claiming the recognition of the
chair for the purpose of roasting the railroad
magnate
No session was held in the afternoon, in
order to give the committees time to eaten
up Powderly. Grfiiths, Mcclure, and other,
OF the leaders are anxious that as matter
of respect to the chief magistrate OF the ma
ton the a>sembiage hold no afternoon session
Tuesday, but attend the reception to the
president There Is some opposition, hut the
movement will probably succeed by d large
ma ]ority